Barrel-filling machine.



'1. GALLEAZZL BARREL FILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17. I918.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

INVEIV 727R J DEEP/1 GAL LEA 22/ JOSEPH GALLEAZZI, 0F SANFRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BARREL+FILLING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.

Application filed June 17, 1918. Serial No. 240,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPH GALLnAzzI, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San-Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Filling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus by which barrels for containing cement and other pulverulent substances can be readily filled with cement or such other substances and the latter shaken down soas to be closely packed.-'

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus, showing the barrel in the position in which it is being filled; Fig.2 is a horizontal section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same on the line 38 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a brokencentral vertical transverse section of the same, the parts being in a position before or after the filling; Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 55 of Fig. 4 a bar being omitted;

- Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to thedrawing, 1 indicates a rectangular annular base upon which is supported a floor 2, on the top and bottom of which are secured bearing plates 3, 4, through holes in which and in the floor eX tends a stud shaft 6. to the top of which is secured a table 7. On the margin of said table at one side, are secured equi-distant posts 8, three in number, to the tops of which is secured a semi-circular rail 9. In bearings 11 supported by angle irons 12 se cured t0 the'tabl'e immediately to the rear of the two outer posts 8 are the ends of a shaft 13 on which is secured, by straps 14, a disk 16. slightly larger than the bottom of a barrel 17. Said'shaft is located at one side of the center-of thedisk 16 so that, when the barrel is placed centrally on the disk, the part of the disk remote from the shaft, when not otherwise supported, is'lower than the opposite part thereof, and rests upon the top of a bearing 18 on the table through which bearings and a bearing '19 on'the-table extends a shaft 21. Said shaft 21-forms part of a rod 22 bent at right angles to form the-shaft 21 andan upper portion or lever 23, of which the upper end is bent outward parallel with, and in the opposite-direction to, the shaft'2l,.=to.-formahand1e=24;

The first operatign necessary for filling the barrel is to place the barrel in position centrally on the disk. To do this it is necessary that a hopper 26 which has a tube 27 depending therefrom into the barrel when the latter is in its normal or filling position should be raised in order that the'lower end of the tube-should not obstruct the passage of the barrel into'its central position 'on the disk. This hopper is supported by a bar 28, of which one end is supported by a standard 29 and the other end by atransverse bar 31 supported by standards 32. Said standards 29, 32, are supported upon the floor 2. In order to raise the hopper there is provided a lever 33 pivotally supported, as shown at 34, upon said bar28 and having a forked end 36 engaging a circular flange 37 at the lower end of the hopper. To the other end of the lever thereis pivotally connected a rod 38 depending through a hole in the bar and having a lower portion bent to form a hook 39 so as to be capable of engaging a pin 41 extending horizontally from the standard 29. Before placing the barrel in the filling position this lever isdrawn down by hand 'portion .21 of said lever carries firmly secured thereto a I pin 42 having a rounded head 43. When the lever is turned said head 43 engages the under side of the front portion of "the disk and raises said front portion, thereby moving the'barrel to its normal position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2. The turning movement'of the lever is arrested when it has arrived at the vertical position by means of a stop'44 (Fig; 5). In order to hold the lever firmly in its vertical position there is provided a fiat spring 46, the ends of which are forked, as shown at 47, and engage-studs 48 secured in the table 7 When the lever is raised to a vertical position the central portion of said spring engages a side.

of said shaft which is cut away, as shown at 49, so that said spring exerts pressure on, saidshaft "and holds said'lever upright.

It will be observed that the lever when moved into a vertical position engages the side of the barrel opposite to the rail and furnishes a support for the barrel on that side, the rail supporting the 01313081138 portion of the barrel.

The barrel having been secured in its position ready to be filled, the cement orother pulverulent material falls through the hopper and-down the pipe intothebarrel. At the same time the operatorturns the handle 50 of a crank 51 attached to a shaft 52 mounted in bearings in standards 53 erected on the transverse bar 81, which shaft oarries a bevel gear 54 meshing with a bevel gear 55 on a vertical shaft 56 having its bearings in the transverse bar 31 and in a 1 plate 57 secured to the floor, which shaft carries a gear wheel 58 which meshes with a gear wheel 59 on a shaft 61 arranged similarly to the shaft 56, and having similar bearings. Said shafts 56, (31, carryxdisks 62 thus rotating in opposite directions on the 7 upper sides of which disks "are pins 63,

which each alternately engages oneof two arms 64 extending horizontally from the table 7, and rotates said table about its axis against the tension of a spring 66, of which one end extends through the standard 29 and is held-by brackets '67'close to 'said standard and the other end extends between pins 68 dependingfrom the'table. When the table has been rotated through'a certain arc the-pin 63which wasYin engagement with theya'rm 64' leaves said arm and the table is free to move backward, which it does immediately under the tension of the spring 66. The other pin 63, moving in the opposite direction then engages the other arm and turns the table in the opposite direction,and when it leaves said arm the table is returned resiliently to its normal position.

Also cams 69 secured to the under side of the respective disks engage' alternately tines 71' of a forked end of a lever 73, fulcrumed between brackets 7 5 mounted on the table, the other end 74 of which leveris also forked and engages the under side of the table 7 on opposite sides of itsshaft 6.

As each cam. rides over atine 71 of the lever,

it depresses the same and raises the other forked end, thereby raising the barrel, and when the cam leaves the tine, it rises and permits the table and the barrel supported .therebyvto drop, the jar occ'asionedthereby lghorolughly shaking the contents of the arre Each camis formed with an abrupt rear end permitting the table to drop suddenly when the cam leaves the corresponding tine of the lever. V c

When the barrel has been filled the hopper is again raised to enable the top of the barrel, to clear the'lowerend of the tube,

and the lever is moved from a vertical to a horizontal position, whereupon the barrel tilts forward and thus can be readily slipped off from the disk even though it be of great weight.

It will thus be seen that I providemeans for lifting and suddenly dropping the barrel to settle the cement, and also means for agitating the table, the barrel and material in the barrel by vibratingit rapidly first in one direction and then the other. This movement has the effect of' throwing the cement outward, from the center to the sides and, in conjunction. with the up and down shaking movement of the cement, evenly distributes the cement in'the barrel and thoroughly packs the same. I claim:- v

1. In a barrel filling machine, the combination of a table for supporting the barrel, means for supporting the table whereby it can vibrate about the center, a spring for resiliently resisting the vibration of the table, an arm extending from the table, andc a revolving pin adapted toengage said arm to vibrate the table against the force of the spring and adapted to be moved in its revolution out of contact with the arm.

2. In a barrel filling'machine, the combination of atable for supporting the barrel, means for supporting the'table whereby it can vibrate about its center, a spring for resiliently resisting the vibration of the table, an arm extending from the table,ra c

rotary disk, a pin extending eccentrically therefrom and adapted to engage said arm to vibrate the table against the force of said spring, said table being restoredto' its normal position by, the spring when the'pin is of rotary disks, means whereby they rotate in unison but in opposite directions, pins extending eccentrically from said disks, and arms extending from "said table adapted to be engaged by'the respective pins, said engagements taking place alternately to vibrate the table against the force of the spring, said spring restoring the table to its normal position when the pins are disengaged from the arms.

4. In a barrel filling machine, the combi nation of a. table for supporting the barrel, means for supporting the table whereby it can vibrate about its center, a spring" for resiliently resisting the vibration of the table, an arm extending from the table, a pair of rotary disks, means whereby they rotate in unison but in opposite directions, pins extending eccentrically from said disks, arms extending from said table adapted to be engaged by the respective pins, said engagements taking place alternately, to vibrate the table against the force of the spring, said spring restoring the table to its normal position when the pins are disengaged from the arms, a forked lever for raising the table, cams carried by said disks, each adapted to engage one of the tines of said fork, said engagements taking place alternately, the engagement of each cam with its tine operating the lever to raise the table, each cam having an abrupt rear end, whereby the table drops suddenly with the disengagement of each cam from its tine.

5. The combination of a table, means for supporting the table so that it can turn about a central axis, bearings on the table, a shaft the ends of which are mounted in said bearings, and extending immediately over one side of the table, a disk mounted at one side on said shaft, means for raising the other side and thereby moving the diskto a horizontal position, and means for agitating the table.

6. In a barrel filling machine, the combination of a table, means for agitating the same, a curved rail, means for supporting said rail above an edge of the table, a shaft, means for supporting it on the table at the side adjacent to the rail, a disk secured at one side of its center to said shaft, means at the opposite side of the center for removably securing a barrel on said disk, and means for raising the disk with the barrel thereon to a horizontal position.

7 In a barrel filling machine, the combination of a table, means for agitating the same, a curved rail, means for supporting said rail above an edge of the table, a horizontal shaft, a bearing on said table on which said shaft rotates, an extension from said shaft having a rounded end engaging the under side of said disk, and a lever connected to said shaft and movable from a horizontal to an upright position, the upper end of said lover when in the lat er position being adapted to engage a barrel on said disk on the side opposite to the rail.

8. In a barrel filling machine, the combination of a table, means for agitating the same, a curved rail, means for supporting said rail above an edge of the table, a horizontal shaft, a bearing on said table on which said shaft rotates, an extension from said shaft having a rounded end engaging the under side of said disk, and a lever connected to said shaft and movable from a horizontal to an upright position, the upper end, of said lever when in the latter position being adapted to engage a barrel on said disk on the side opposite to the rail, said shaft and lever being formed in one piece, the upper end of said lever being bent outwardly to form a handle for operating the lever.

JOSEPH GALLEAZZI.

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